Comments on: The New Regime: Photos of Barry Trotz and Brian MacLellan’s Introductory Press Conferencehttp://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2014/05/27/the-new-regime-photos-of-barry-trotz-and-brian-maclellans-introductory-press-conference/
We're the relentlessly fun Washington Capitals blog hopelessly devoted to Alex Ovechkin, Dmitry Orlov, and Evgeny Kuznetsov!Tue, 03 Mar 2015 20:18:00 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: Ianhttp://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2014/05/27/the-new-regime-photos-of-barry-trotz-and-brian-maclellans-introductory-press-conference/#comment-72690
Wed, 28 May 2014 15:36:00 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=67324#comment-72690GMac is only 6’3″ according the data I can find. It seems like more though. perhaps the angle
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Wed, 28 May 2014 13:23:00 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=67324#comment-72671GMBM GMBM GMBM GMBM GMBM GMBM – who cares? those are the appropriate initials. General Manager Brian MacLellan.
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Wed, 28 May 2014 05:53:00 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=67324#comment-72645tanorexia = addiction to tanning.
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Wed, 28 May 2014 02:02:00 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=67324#comment-72630Hey, good for you! I know what you mean about unsolicited feedback, I’ve been on the smaller end of things ever since I was a kid and the school sent letters home to my parents to feed me more. They did, of course, not that it made any difference. I get the adult version from everybody now and am just used to playing along. Thank God for BMI charts to tell me I’m actually OK. It’s gotten kind of hard to eyeball normal.
Agree, Ted looks fine the way he is. As for his decisions with his club, we’ll have to see, although it sounds like he *was* willing to listen to criticism. Credit due for that.
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Wed, 28 May 2014 01:39:00 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=67324#comment-72624If Trotz looks dead on (not with head turned slightly in either direction) you cannot see his ears at all. I don’t think I have seen anyone with that facial structure before, unless it was in a Sci-fi flic.
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Wed, 28 May 2014 01:22:00 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=67324#comment-72615Yeah, I think we now know the secret to his weight loss. (shudders)

Seriously though, I think he looks great. He is probably right around his ideal weight, maybe even a pound or 2 over, but everyone is so used to seeing heavy people if you are normal weight and not all muscled up people think you look too skinny. NO one ever said anything to me when I was a 270 lb. couch potato and had my own cardiologist in my 40’s and on 4 different meds, but I go plant based and drop down to 185, lose the cardiologist and the meds and am more active and healthier than ever (running, cycling, rowing) and suddenly people are coming out of the wood work to tell me they are worried… SO good for Ted! I hope he feels great as well. IMO he looks like the healthiest guy on that stage for quality of life and longevity..

The tan, I live in Tucson now, so he looks normal there too. Gets his Vitamin D!

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Wed, 28 May 2014 01:07:00 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=67324#comment-72612Heh, gotcha. I guess it depends on needs– you have to think about about who would play where and how it would work with the salary cap. And over the last couple years, the Caps just haven’t had that much room to play around with the salary space that many of the big splashy guys would require. Their main needs– elite centers and defensemen– just don’t grow on trees or become available for less than a big ransom. (GMGM talked about Anaheim’s asking price for Pronger back in 2009: it would have been Neuvy or Varly, Carlson, one of the roster players, and something else that could have been picks– it’s easier to see why GM’s might hesitate to pull the trigger on a big deal like that.)

So, the Caps don’t get linked to rumors about elite wingers because we have a lot of wingers already, and GMGM is on record as believing on building from within the draft. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, though of course good teams would ideally build with both good homegrown drafting and timely trades.

I don’t think GMGM was a terrible GM; in fact I think he was at least average to above average. But he’d had enough time to get it right and he didn’t, so it was time to try a new option. I’m with you on hoping that BMac can build on some of the positive things GMGM established, and improve in the areas GMGM was weakest in!

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Wed, 28 May 2014 00:44:00 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=67324#comment-72606I know the last time I showered you with praise I was being a rotten troll, Chris, but truly, those are great pictures. I feel like I was there, without sweltering or being force fed nasty cookies. Thanks!
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Wed, 28 May 2014 00:34:00 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=67324#comment-72605I probably should have clarified what I meant was that we never seem to be contenders to get a star from free agency or through trades.

I’ve only watched hockey & the Capitals since 2010/2011 so my experience with GMGM & FAs is limited. However, I’ve become quite obsessed in that short amount of time…I’m actually watching my boyfriend play at KCI as I write this From the past 3 seasons, it just seemed like we were never even mentioned in a conversation about where a team could send one of their stars. With a team like Boston or even Philly, it just seemed like they had the possibility to land anyone and that really disappointed me. I didn’t understand why there were never rumors linking us to guys like Iginla and Gaborik. NBC Washington said tonight that GMac’s interview was him breaking down how poorly run the Caps organization was. Ted giving him the job gives me hope that GMac has at least recognized the problems and has some sort of plan to fix them. Let’s hope that he’s successful!

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Wed, 28 May 2014 00:09:00 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=67324#comment-72604Good point. I just can’t remember the last time I was so in love with a guy’s hair, without having a massive crush on the rest of him as well.
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